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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 3199
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE KEATHLEY .
6860H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 311, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the establishment
of certain entertainment districts.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 311, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 311.083, to read as follows:
311.083. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
2 (1) "Common area
", any public area within an entertainment district and any
3 ar
ea of a public right-of-way that is within the entertainment district. "Common area"
4 shall not include areas open to the public that are located within an establishment
5 licensed under this chapter;
6 (2) "Entertainment district", any area in any county that borders on or that
7 contains part of a lake with not less than one thousand miles of shorelin
e and that:
8 (a) Is located in any city with mor
e than four thousand four hundred but fewer
9 than four thousand nine hundr
ed inhabitants and partially located in a county with
10 more than forty thousand but fewer than fifty thousand inhabitants;
11 (b) Contains a combination of entertainment venues, bars, nightclubs,
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2 restaurants, and other licensed establishments and common areas; and
13 (c) Is designated as such by an ordinance of the governing body of the city;
14 (3) "Portable bar", any bar
, table, kiosk, cart, or stand that is not a permanent
15 fixtur
e and can be moved from place to place.
16 2. Notwithstanding any other provi
sions of this chapter to the contrary, any
17 person who possesses the qualifications r
equired under this chapter, and who meets the
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
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18 requirements of and complies with the provisions of this chapter, may apply for, and the
19 supervisor of alcohol and tobacco control may issue, an entertainment district special
20 license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink for retail for consumption dispensed from
21 one or more licensed establishments including, but not limited to, portable bars within
22 the entertainment district, until 1:30 a.m. on Mondays through Saturdays and from 6:00
23 a.m. on Sundays and until 1:30 a.m. on Mondays.
24 3. An applicant granted an entertainment district special license under this
25 section shall pay a license fee of three hundred dollars per year.
26 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, on such
27 days and at such times during the hours a licensee is allowed under this chapter to sell
28 alcoholic beverages, licensed establishments holding an entertainment district special
29 license under this section, may allow persons to leave the licensed premises located in
30 portions of the entertainment district with an alcoholic beverage and enter upon and
31 consume the alcoholic beverage within other licensed establishments and common areas
32 located in portions of the entertainment district. No person shall take any alcoholic
33 beverage or alcoholic beverages outside the boundaries of the entertainment district.
34 5. Every licensee within the entertainment district shall serve alcoholic
35 beverages in containers that display and contain the licensee's trade name or logo or
36 some other mark that is unique to that license and licensee.
37 6. The holder of an entertainment district special license is solely responsible for
38 alcohol violations occurring on its premises, including any portable bar, and in any
39 common area.
40 7. The governing body of the city in which the entertainment district is located
41 shall be authorized to adopt by ordinance procedures for approval or rejection of such
42 entertainment districts as well as rules and regulations for conduct and enforcement
43 thereof consistent with this section.
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